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Volunteers needed to help Simcoe Food Forest take root
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoIt may not look like much today — a large pile of wood chips and a few dozen seedlings and shrubs dotting about a quarter-acre section of Water Works Park in Simcoe. But when Brooke Martin looks ...
After years of ‘piecemeal’ growth, Norfolk County tackles urban boundary expansion
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoWhen choosing where to put new housing, municipalities in Ontario are supposed to stay away from farmland, particularly “prime agricultural” land ideal for specialty crops. In Norfolk County ...
Biker airlifted to hospital after Norfolk County crash
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoOne person is in hospital with what police describe as “serious, life-altering injuries” after a crash in Norfolk County on Tuesday. Police say a pickup truck and a motorcycle collided on Cockshutt ...
‘Somebody to talk to’: Forty years of food and fellowship at Simcoe soup kitchen
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoLunch is served three times a week at a soup kitchen run by the Simcoe chapter of the St. Vincent de Paul Society from October to April. But things get busy well before noon. Guests filter in ...